History
Why it happened, not just what happened.
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Sinclair vs Acorn: The Rivalry That Built British Computing
Two Cambridge companies, one BBC contract, and a rivalry so fierce it arguably shaped an entire nation’s relationship…
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The Home Computer Boom: How Britain Fell in Love With Beige Boxes
For a few short years in the early 1980s, Britain bought home computers at a rate that, per…
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Why Commodore Collapsed at the Worst Possible Time
One of the most important computer companies in history went spectacularly bankrupt in 1994 — while customers were…
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The Amiga vs Atari ST: The War Nobody Really Won
Two Motorola 68000-powered machines, two rival fanbases, and a rivalry so bitter it outlasted both companies that started…
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How MS-DOS Quietly Buried the Home Micro
No dramatic collapse, no single villain — just a slow, unglamorous standardisation that made the entire home micro…